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RBI monetary policy: Report pegs FY23's economic growth at 7.8%

Survey shows inflation to soften further

Sharp rise in natural gas prices, power outages worsen inflation worries

Brent crude up nearly 20% in the past month and hit a 3-yr high on Tuesday

July retail inflation eases to 3-month low of 5.59%; June IIP at 13.6%

Food inflation fell substantially to 3.96 per cent in July from 5.15 per cent in June

Whatever it takes: But for how long?

The Governor clearly stated that the RBI remains in 'whatever it takes' mode, referring to the desire to support the fledgling recovery

India's inflation could go past RBI target rest of 2021, say report

Forecasts for gross domestic product were raised to a 9.2% expansion in the fiscal year ending March 2022, from the previous 9%, while the gross value added outlook edged down slightly to 9%.

Bonds rally after RBI guv indicates accommodative policies will continue

"Any hasty withdrawal of monetary policy support will negate the nascent or incipient recovery that is taking place," RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das told Business Standard in an interview

A question of compliance

Data limitations should not be an escape clause for not honouring obligations under the inflation targeting regime

Only savvy investors should enter into floating-rate funds: Analysts

Select a debt fund whose average duration is lower than the investment horizon

Rising inflation risk

Ignoring it for long could increase longer-term costs

May retail inflation at 6-month high of 6.3% on higher food, fuel prices

Inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), has breached the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) target range after five months.

How pulses and edible oil could exacerbate the pain on the inflation front

A mix of short- and long-term policies to contain price rise in these two commodities while keeping an eye on the interest of the cultivator could be the balm India is looking for

High level of taxation widens divergence in diesel inflation in WPI, CPI

Diesel retail prices are back to more than Rs 80 a litre in the national capital throughout this month and remain on an upward trajectory

Benign food prices likely dragged April inflation to three-month low: Poll

Consumer price inflation was predicted to cool to 4.20 per cent in April, just above the RBI's 4 per cent mid-point target and down from March's four-month high of 5.52 per cent

February IIP contracts 3.6%; retail inflation rises to 5.5% in March

The manufacturing sector output contraced by 3.7 per cent in February, while the mining output declined by 5.5 per cent. Meanwhile, the power generation grew by 0.1 per cent

Govt keeps inflation target at 2-6% for 5 years: DEA secretary Tarun Bajaj

Economists welcome decision, but argue for a higher upper limit

MGNREGA sees negligible increase in minimum wages in the time of Covid-19

The 4% rise in average all-India minimum wages is almost the same as CPI inflation rate between 2015-16 and 2019-20, meaning that in real terms, the increase has been insignificant

Investors should be prepared for biggest inflation scare since 1980s: Wood

The return of inflation fears have been stoked again by the rise in commodity prices, especially oil

India's retail inflation rises to 5.03% in Feb; January IIP contracts 1.6%

Food inflation rose steeply to 3.87 per cent in February, compared to 1.89 per cent in the previous month, according to government data released on Friday

CPI inflation averages 3.9% during Oct 2016-Mar 2020, says report

The monetary policy committee headed by the RBI Governor is set to revise the policy framework and inflation targets by March 31

Inflation range of 2-6% is appropriate for monetary policy: RBI report

Even as the foreword of the report has been written by RBI governor Shaktikanta Das, the report is not the official view of the central bank